Capacities for Contemporary Leadership, 1st Edition

This book examines the various thinking skills that leaders may need to find success in contemporary organizations and institutions, covering a wide array of skills that are held to be important by key leadership scholars.
Bridging theory and practice, chapters summarize major findings with…

1st Edition

Mapping Motivation for Leadership, co-written with Jane Thomas, is the third of a series of 6 books that are all linked to the author's Motivational Map toolkit. Each book builds on a different aspect of personal, team and organisational development. This is a…

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The concept of integrated project delivery (IPD) has evolved as a result of the need for highly expert teams of people to collaborate to deliver extremely complex projects, to manage expectations about delivery speed, changes in governance standards and to take advantage of and manage expectations…

How to Create a Sustainable Culture, 1st Edition

Companies that have integrated a contribution to society into their business models are more likely than others to succeed for the long term. This book provides you with information, tips and tools to assess and strengthen your company for ongoing success.
Through the use of case studies, the book…

This book collects a series of investigations that reflect the state-of-the-art in the global practical application of Lean for Higher Education (HE). The contributions introduce and describe the practical application of Lean in HE so that other practitioners can learn from these experiences, and…

How Entrepreneurial Leaders Design Innovative Futures, 1st Edition

Innovation is about ideas that make life better. But what does it really take to deliver innovative propositions? And what separates companies that drive their industries forward from those that simply talk the talk?
This book takes you inside the minds of the world’s most effective innovators to…

A New Leadership for a New Generation, 1st Edition

If you are interested in becoming a better leader, this book is a great place to start. Rather than using the familiar text book approach, leadership expert Robert Denhardt offers practical lessons drawn from a lively year-long correspondence with two (fictional) former students about their…

A Humanistic Perspective, 1st Edition

This book provides an examination of the General Manager, which encompasses their roles as Strategist, Organizational Designer and Institutional Leader. Instead of exclusively focusing on economic aspect of General Management, this book explores the humanist perspective based on the conviction that…

Turning Intention into Reality, 1st Edition

It is easy to underestimate the impact that school organisation has on the behaviour, effectiveness, engagement and creativity of the teachers, staff and students who work within it. It also has a marked effect on the well-being of staff members, and how families and the community relate to the…

Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation, 1st Edition

Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple interests—intellectual, professional, and personal—and with curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and to support others. Women’s Leadership Development: Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation…

New Insights for Managers and Engineers, 1st Edition

The development of a new book about Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and the challenges to managers and engineers is essential because it introduces new lines of research in management and production. The use of EI and NLP allows management to take a more strategic…